Planner in a few minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. No problems early out there on thursday morning if youre getting ready start the morning commute. Looking live at i77 near the rest area coming off the South Carolina state line, volume very light. Rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. Lake norman southbound, 16 at 64 miles an hour. Mapping system giving us a green light on all of the major highways. That includes providence road, independence boulevard, albermarle all running in the green this morning. That is a first check of traffic, guys, back over to you. Christine in five hours, state lawmakers will meet in raleigh for a special session to approve a redrawn map for the states Congressional Districts. Republican lawmakers releasing this proposed map yesterday, and has Significant I
What the proposal means if it is approved. Reporter john, i can tell you the biggest change right off the bat is a charlotte area district without an incumbent. I want you get you back to the map get you closer view of what were talking about. The map used to look different. Especially in our area. The 12th district no longer snakes through our state from 85 from charlotte to greensboro. Now the district much more charlottecentric, compact in the area. Alma adams no longer represents any part of charlotte under this map. She falls in the 13th district. Overnight she sent a statement saying for now im focused o on doing my job and continuing to represent the people of North Carolinas 12th congressional district. She will continue to look over the map and weigh her options moving forward. The deadline for lawmakers to approve the new map is on friday. That is why they are getting together in special session to make the final decisions, well reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your si
56 in rock hill, 55 in gastonia. Does get cooler north, 52 salisbury, statesville, 52 morganton, hickory. Lots of clouds, wont be as warm as yesterday, low 60s, above average. Deeper through the day the rain chances pick up and we have a wet start to the work week here you can see the rain loitering to the south of us, that is heading in our direction. Talk about it in the seven day forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. John Charlotte City Council Members are expected to vote on an ordinance designed to protect people from discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Governor pat mccrory is vowing to intervene if it passes. He emailed two City Council Members saying it could create major Public Safety issues. The ordinance failed to pass council last year over concerns about a clause changing accommodations for public rest rooms and locker rooms. Michael clark brings us both sides of the story. Proposed changes that would protect people are long overdue. Nobody sho
Meanwhile, time is running short for the other gop hopefuls. After picking up a third consecutive victory in last nights nevada caucuses, donald trump continues his winning streak with an eye on super tuesday states. We have had some great numbers coming out of texas. And amazing numbers coming out of tennessee and georgia. Its going to be an amazing two months. We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right. Reporter he garnered most of his support in the state for republicans unsatisfied with the government. I think he is here for the people and i think he wants to win. Reporter the win gives trump the majority of the delegates in the state, bringing him closer to clenching the gop nomination. I think he is well positioned to really sweep across the board. Reporter as trump continues the gop field is battling it out to become his alternative. Entrance polls show a majority of caucus goers who favored a candidate with more political experience and backed the tex
When with ecigarettes exploded inside a mans pocket in kentucky. All that. Adele adele has stolen the show at this years brit awards. You love me christopher was discovered. Mostly cue in science magazine. That happens every year . It does. You dont follow it . Here i am worried about the oscars all that matters. Do you plan to campaign for quite frankly. He might need me, but she doesnt. On cbs this morning. A third consecutive win in the nevada caucuses keeps donald trump wellpositioned to steam roll his way to victory a super tuesday. Like many other las vegas visitors, the gop woke up this morning with a raging hangover wondering what the hell happened last night . Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with a dramatic rescue going on right now to get the crew of a stranded fishing boat to safety in new york. A coast guard helicopter is trying to pull crew members off the boat and an early attempt to rescue the sailors